Funny/Strange News Stories

[prousonhairy]

This guy lost his liscence for a year for drifting in Wales on a roundabout. It looks like he had fun doing it though. :

http://usat.ly/26yzKPE

BMW driver's drifting stunt on Wales roundabout

 

[TenEightyOne]

A weasel has died.

Fortunately the Large Hadron Collider seems okay.

 

[DK]

You could say...pop goes that weasel.

*YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!!!!!*

 

[TenEightyOne]

You could say...pop goes that weasel.

*YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!!!!!*

That's definitely a winner of £5. No doubt about it

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Someone really needs to tell the CIA what "live" means:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-...ling-of-osama-bin-laden-five-years-on/7374524

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Controversial councillor sponsors beauty pageant, and his sister - a last-minute entry - wins:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-02/miss-lebanon-mary-mehajer-salim/7375630

 

[1241Penguin]

Someone really needs to tell the CIA what "live" means:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-...ling-of-osama-bin-laden-five-years-on/7374524

Hope no one gave away any spoilers before the ending...

 

[Crash]

It can race Le Mans but it can't get out of The Mews in 5 minutes... £10m Ferrari 512 gets parking ticket. Beeb.

@W3HS, was that you?

 

[W3H5]

@W3HS, was that you?

That's the next borough over from me so not my handiwork. I think the guy has ticketed it just as an excuse to touch it and take pictures.

 

[squadops]

Some people should not own a badge lol.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Not a story that's supposed to be funny, but I found it hilarious nonetheless:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/health/air-rage-first-class-airplane-seating-study/index.html

Passengers are probably not even consciously aware of the deprivation and inequality, and how much [walking past the first class seats when boarding] is stressing them out, DeCelles said. However, she and her colleague were not able to talk with the enraged passengers to get a better idea what set them off.

Apparently just walking past the first class section and it's inherent inequality is now a trigger for air rage.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Genuine angel discovered in Indonesia, a place with not enough internets.

 

[Famine]

Genuine angel discovered in Indonesia, a place with not enough internets.

Or not enough J Geils Band.

 

[TheCracker]

You'd have thought its 'accommodating orifices' would have given a clue to it's unangelic nature.

 

[TenEightyOne]

This bridge, there's something about it that lorry drivers should know, I just can't work out what. BBC.

You'd have thought its 'accommodating orifices' would have given a clue to it's unangelic nature.

That's part of the point, it was a physical replication of a human - they misidentified it as they have no internet (or sex toy shop)

 

[TheCracker]

That's part of the point, it was a physical replication of a human - they misidentified it as they have no internet (or sex toy shop)

But if they'd happened across one of those diner-style plastic tomato shaped ketchup bottles instead, they'd have soon figured out all wasn't as it first seemed. No one would have tried to take a bite out of it or harvest it for seeds. Just because they live in Umbongoland, doesn't mean they're stupid.

 

[TenEightyOne]

But if they'd happened across one of those diner-style plastic tomato shaped ketchup bottles instead, they'd have soon figured out all wasn't as it first seemed. No one would have tried to take a bite out of it or harvest it for seeds.

Not necessarily true, you clearly didn't read to the bottom, as it were.

In 2012, a TV station in China's Xian city apologised after running a false report that a local farmer had discovered a giant piece of precious lingzhi mushroom.

The fleshy object, found in a well by the farmer, was identified by many viewers as a sex toy made of silicone.

Just because they live in Umbongoland, doesn't mean they're stupid.

Live where? At least make your patronage geographically correct.

 

[JKgo]

This bridge, there's something about it that lorry drivers should know, I just can't work out what. BBC.

...Surely, the bridge is at fault here. How dare it be so low!!

 

[TenEightyOne]

It's over. Hope she was worth it.

 

[JKgo]

....

Uhm, two guys in Kenya are suing The Police for, uh, perfroming "gay anal tests". (sic)

Really now?

Spoiler: Trevor Noah cracking jokes on the policing of gays in Zambia... somewhat NSFW.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

This bridge, there's something about it that lorry drivers should know, I just can't work out what.

It was even better when they tried to go into the M5 East tunnel near Sydney Airport - the old design got a lower clearance about fifty metres in, so trucks could enter just fine ...

 

[TenEightyOne]

....

Uhm, two guys in Kenya are suing The Police for, uh, perfroming "gay anal tests". (sic)

The Police or the police? If the first, maybe you should have posted "Don't Stand So Close To Me" or "Message In A Botty".

 

[JKgo]

The Police or the police? If the first, maybe you should have posted "Don't Stand So Close To Me" or "Message In A Botty".

...The latter, actually. Debated whether this was a matter requiring me to crack a joke or not, then figured I wasn't talented enough for it - hence Trevor's video in the post.

 

[TenEightyOne]

My vote goes to Fat Penguin..... "just breaking the ice". *Gets coat*

Very good

Sadly we learn this morning that B McBF is to be named... RRS Sir David Attenborough. A parliamentary inquiry is to study the positives/negatives around the publicity generated during the name poll, must be a slow year in politics.

 

[m8h3r]

Apparently they are keeping the name alive though and have named an underwater remote operated submarine, so Boaty boat doesn't really work, but what else would you expect from the British government.

 

[TenEightyOne]

what else would you expect from the British government.

Britain doesn't have a dedicated government, the UK does... but this story has absolutely nothing to with them.

 

[JKgo]

...How do you decide what's provocative when eating a banana?

Ask the Chinese authorities - they are about to police it.

 

[TenEightyOne]

...How do you decide what's provocative when eating a banana?

Ask the Chinese authorities - they are about to police it.

Damn, the same moment I discover them they get banned.

 

[JKgo]

Damn, the same moment I discover them they get banned.

....It's China we're talking about - the "dissidents" will get a thorough re-education on People's Idealogy and then return to sing the virtues of the current regime.


Probably.

 

[TenEightyOne]

KFC's Edible Nail Polish debuts, was out of date in review sample... but probably just as gross in-date. BBC.